STAT202-BASICS STATISTICS
SPRING 2009
Meets MTH
W
09:55AM 11:10AM
09:55AM 10:55AM
ROOM AND B-12
Instructor: Elsa Naser
Office Hours: M & Th 3:30P - 5:30P
Gray 226
Tel: (202)885-3109
E-mail: enaser@american.edu
OR
If my office hours conflict with your schedule,
feel free to ask me for a special appointment.
Text: MOORE, S. David, McCABE, P. George, and CRAIG, A. Bruce. Introduction to the Practice
of Statistics, 6th Edition, Freeman and Company, New York.
Topics to be covered: Classification of data, sampling, averages, dispersion, probability, frequency
distributions, confidence intervals, tests of significance, simple regression, and correlation.
Course Objectives:
This course will enable you to:
9 learn the vocabulary that statisticians use to express their ideas; represent data correctly in
tables and graphs; to calculate some common statistics;
9 demonstrate understanding of statistical hypothesis testing and confidence interval including
its logic and procedures; understand proper use and interpretation of statistics
9 Understand when to use each of the statistics we study.
STAT202-BASICS STATISTICS
Grading: Your grade will be determined on the basis of:
(1) Ten Homework (2% each)
(2) Three Exams (one of the worst will be dropped): (15 % each)
(3) Four Lab Assignment: (5% each)
(4) Class Participation: (10 %)
(5) Final Exam: (20%)
SCALE:
A
93-100
C+
75-79
A-
90-92
C
70-74
B+
87-89
C-
65-69
B
84-86
D
55-64
B-
80-83
F
<55
Software: The STATCRUNCH/EXCEL statistics package is recommended for this course.
StatCrunch is now up and running. Here is the link to it.http://statcrunch.american.edu/. The
passcode is "eagle". Student may also use other software with which they are familiar (SAS,
EXCEL, MINITAB). Limited assistance with software is available in Hurst Hall computer labs.
You also need to have graphing calculator such as TI-83 or 84. The department has a limited
number of calculators that can be borrowed for a refundable cash deposit and a nominal user’s fee. If
interested, go to Gray Hall 103 right away (phone: x3120, x3124).
THE MATH/STAT LAB: The Lab is located in Gray 110 (phone: x3729). No appointment is
necessary. The hours of operation are as follows:
M through Th: 11 AM - 8 PM, F: 11 AM - 3 PM
Saturday: Closed, Sunday: 3 PM - 8 PM.
STAT202-BASICS STATISTICS
IMPORTANT ADVICE
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I will be using Blackboard to communicate with you and to post documents and links. Make
sure your AU email is configured to receive my messages.
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There will be a weekly homework set that is due on Th. These will be posted on course
blackboard each week on Sunday. The two lowest homework scores will be dropped before
determining your homework grade.
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All exams are open textbook. When you study you do not need to memorize formulas, rather
focus on understanding the concept and the logic behind each concept.
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There are absolutely no make-ups available for exams. A make-up will be considered, only
in the case of serious emergency (and documentation will be required).
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The office hours are “open-door”. You do not need appointments to come in. The hours are
specifically allocated so that I will be in my office, doing nothing else but answering
questions related to Stat202. You can also schedule a meeting with me if you cannot come
during the regularly scheduled office hours.
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Lab Assignments (Check the schedule below for due date): Every W I will present
material after that material first has been covered in lectures, and based on that you will be
assigned four lab assignments. Labs assignments primarily are intended to provide
experience with the computational aspect of statistics, and facilitate performance on
corresponding examination material.
Academic Honesty in exams, quizzes and homework is taken very seriously and will not
be tolerated. Please refer to http://www.american.edu/academics/integrity/index.htm.
Special Needs: If you have a disability and might require accommodations in this course,
please notify me with a letter from DSS or LS early in the semester so that we can make
arrangements to address your needs.
STAT202-BASICS STATISTICS
Tentative Schedule
Date
Topics
Due Dates
Ch 1.1 − Displaying Distributions with Graphs
01/12
M
01/14
W
01/15
Th
01/21
W
01/22
Th
Ch 1.3 - Density Curves and Normal Distribution
01/26
M
Ch 2.1 & 2.2 −Scatterplots and Correlation
01/28
W
01/29
Th
Ch 2.3 − Least-Squares Regression
02/02
M
Ch 2.4 – Regression and Correlation
02/04
W
02/05
Th
Ch 3.1 − Design of Experiments
02/09
M
Ch 3.2 & 3.3 − Sampling Design; toward Statistical Inference
02/11
W
Review and problem Solving
02/12
Th
Will cover Chapters 1 -3
02/16
M
Ch 4.1 & 4.2 − Randomness and Probability Model
02/18
W
02/19
Th
Ch 4.4: Variances
02/23
M
Ch 5.1 − Sampling Distributions for Counts
02/25
W
Lab- Graphs
Ch 1.2 – Displaying Distributions with Numbers
Lab- Summary Stats
Homework #1
Lab- Scatterplots& Correlation
Lab- Regression
Homework #2
Lab #1
Homework #3
Exam 1
No Lab. Instead we will cover Ch 4.3 − Random Variables and Expected
Value
Homework #4
Lab – Binomial
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02/26
Th
Ch 5.1 − Sampling Distribution for proportions
03/02
M
Ch 5.2 − Sampling Distribution of the Sample Mean
03/04
W
03/05
Th
Covers Chapters 4 and 5
03/16
M
Ch 6.1 - Introduction on Inference- Estimation with Confidence
03/18
W
03/19
Th
Ch 6.2 − Tests of Significance
03/23
M
Ch 6.3 & 6.4 − Use and abuse of tests, Type I & Type II error
03/25
W
03/26
Th
Ch7.1 −
03/30
M
T-test Contd.
04/01
W
04/02
Th
Covers Chapter 6 and Section 1 of Chapter 7
04/06
M
Ch 7.1 −
04/08
W
04/09
Th
Ch 7.2 − Comparing Two Means: Z-test
04/13
M
Ch 7.2 − Two-sample T-test
04/15
W
04/16
Th
Ch 8.1 − Inference of a Single Proportion
04/20
M
Ch 8.2 − Comparing two Proportions
04/22
W
04/23
Th
04/27
M
04/30
Th
Homework #5
Review and Problem solving
Exam 2
Lab – Z Interval
Lab – Z Test
Inference for the mean of population when σ is unknown
Homework #6
Lab #2
Homework #7
Review and Problem Solving
Exam 3
Matched pair T-test
Lab – t Test
Lab –Two Independent Sample
Lab –Sample proportion
Finish Chapter 8
Homework #8
Lab#3
Homework #9
Lab #4
Homework #10
Review and Problem Solving
Final Exam from 08:30A – 11:00A: Covers Chapter 7.2 and Chapter 8